Filters

[R.frankish]

Could I have a little more help are these filters any good as on a previous post ppl have said about me getting filters to help with my obsession 

[Stu]

I would save your money on these if I were you. A variable polarising filter will be more useful to start with I think, certainly on the Moon and Venus.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/moon-neutral-density-filters/astro-essentials-variable-polarising-moon-filter.html

I use a Baader Neodymium filter but they are pretty pricey. You might pick one up used 

[dweller25]

Good advice from Stu 👍

[Jiggy 67]

The orange filter states that it assists in detecting dust storms on Mars.....I find that very hard to believe. Be wary of low priced items that promise much, an unfortunate aspect of this hobby is that for quality you need to dig deep 😥

Edited February 28, 2020 by Jiggy 67

[R.frankish]

Thankyou for the advice and yes deep pockets is something I am looking for when I go shopping for Jean's lmao 

[R.frankish]

2 hours ago, Stu said:

I would save your money on these if I were you. A variable polarising filter will be more useful to start with I think, certainly on the Moon and Venus.

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/moon-neutral-density-filters/astro-essentials-variable-polarising-moon-filter.html

I use a Baader Neodymium filter but they are pretty pricey. You might pick one up used 

Never used them before I take it that sit over the eyepiece just wondering so I don't buy wrong size 

[Stu]

13 minutes ago, R.frankish said:

Never used them before I take it that sit over the eyepiece just wondering so I don't buy wrong size 

I assume you use 1.25" eyepieces, in particular when observing the planets or moon? Normal practise with a refractor is to put one element on the barrel of the diagonal and one on thebeyepiece barrel, then turning the eyepiece adjusts the brightness level. I think you have a newt, which won't have a diagonal so I'm not sure how that is best done.

Perhaps a short 1.25" extension to hold one part of the filter and then the other on the eyepiece?

Anyone else use one of these with a newt?

[joe aguiar]

I did a video on planet filter I'll send it to u

But I would pass on these the gain is so minimal but nebula filters are good 

joejaguar 

[Mr Spock]

13 hours ago, Stu said:

I use a Baader Neodymium filter but they are pretty pricey.

Same here. Other colour filters are quite useless to me. Mostly I prefer no filter.

[R.frankish]

9 hours ago, joe aguiar said:

I did a video on planet filter I'll send it to u

But I would pass on these the gain is so minimal but nebula filters are good 

joejaguar 

If you could that would be great thankyou

[RT65CB-SWL]

On 29/02/2020 at 09:10, Mr Spock said:

Same here. Other colour filters are quite useless to me. Mostly I prefer no filter.

The only colour filter I use is a #47 (violet)... for viewing Venus. I don't go for the other colour ones. I think it is hype to boost profits rather than visual... I maybe wrong... 😜

Other than that, I use a polarising filter or the Baader Contrast & Neodymium and/or the Explore Scientific CLS, UHC, Olll filters... 🧐

Edited March 1, 2020 by Philip R

[joe aguiar]

here the link to my video its on is planet filters any good etc

if you like this i have another one called nebula filters too if this helps

hope it helps you out

https://youtu.be/JREhKKHbjpE

joejaguar